Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Nissen Patent Law

5 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=175 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.5%
Allowance Rate
n=175
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=175
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=111
-0.13σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=111
997 days
Time to Allowance
n=111
+6.6pp
Interview Lift
n=175
30.6%
RCE Rate
n=175
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=175

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=11 (min 20)
75.3%
§102 Overcome
n=77
80.8%
§103 Overcome
n=99
83.6%
§112 Overcome
n=67

Specialization & Scale

E21B, G06F, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=175
1
Practitioners
n=175
175.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=175

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

2
Hard (40%)
2
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
REAGAN, JAMES A 1 71.2% +20.1%
KUMAR, RAKESH 1 57.1% +28.4%
MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO 1 100.0% +0.0%
DONG, LIANG 1 52.8% +32.5%
LUSK, AUDREY L 1 69.1% +23.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18675069 Nanostructured high-performance thin film composite reverse osmosis membranes and methods of manufacture MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18639774 ARTICULATING PAPER DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE AND INSTALLATION DONG, LIANG 45d overdue
18369840 THREE-POINT HITCH ADAPTERS, ATTACHMENTS, BALE WRAP ROLLING ASSEMBLIES, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE LUSK, AUDREY L

Interview Candidates (4)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18639774 ARTICULATING PAPER DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE AND INSTALLATION DONG, LIANG 45d overdue
19353025 BLOCKCHAIN MINE AT OIL OR GAS FACILITY REAGAN, JAMES A
18927643 MEDICAL CARTRIDGE DISPENSERS, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE KUMAR, RAKESH
18369840 THREE-POINT HITCH ADAPTERS, ATTACHMENTS, BALE WRAP ROLLING ASSEMBLIES, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE LUSK, AUDREY L

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
1360625 B.C. LTD. 2
Upstream Data Inc. 1
Greenvi Corp. 1
Gecco Inc. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36971
37241
36711

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19353025 BLOCKCHAIN MINE AT OIL OR GAS FACILITY Upstream Data Inc. REAGAN, JAMES A 3697 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2025
18927643 MEDICAL CARTRIDGE DISPENSERS, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE 1360625 B.C. Ltd. KUMAR, RAKESH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2024
18675069 Nanostructured high-performance thin film composite reverse osmosis membranes and methods of manufacture Greenvi Corp. MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2024
18639774 ARTICULATING PAPER DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE AND INSTALLATION 1360625 B.C. Ltd. DONG, LIANG 3724 §103§112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2024
18369840 THREE-POINT HITCH ADAPTERS, ATTACHMENTS, BALE WRAP ROLLING ASSEMBLIES, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE Gecco Inc. LUSK, AUDREY L 3671 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2023

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